UK adds Turkey, the Maldives and Nepal to the red list from 4 am on Wednesday, May 12th.
UK Transport Minister Grant Shapps announced today that international travel can safely resume from 17 May and people will be allowed to go to green-listed countries.
Minister sad the blanket ban on international travel is lifted starting from May 17 and is replaced by a traffic light system in which countries will be listed in green, amber or red categories depending on their risk status. The lists will be updated every three weeks.
Turkey, the Maldives and Nepal are added to the red list from 4 am on Wednesday, May 12th. With this decision, foreign visitors who have been in Turkey, The Maldives and Nepal in the last 10 days or who have passed through these countries will be denied entry to the UK.
İts also expected that the direct flights from these countries to the UK will be banned.
UK citizens returning from these countries will be subject to a 10-day isolation in a quarantine hotel with a pre-departure test and PCR tests on the second and eighth days.
Countries on the green list are Portugal (including the Azores and Madeira); Australia; New Zeland; Singapore; Brunei; Iceland; Faroe Islands; Gibraltar; Falkland islands; Israel (and Jerusalem); South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; and St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
Commenting on the announced green list, IATA CEO Willie Walsh said, “Its very disappointing and frankly not worth commenting on.”
In addition to Turkey, The Maldives and Nepal; Angola, Argentina, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burundi, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Democraic Congo, Ecuador, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Guyana, India, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique , Namibia, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, UAE, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zambia and Zimbabwe are also in the red category.
All other countries which are not in green or red list are put under the amber category.
